1992–93 Dumbarton F.C. season
1992–1993 season | |||
Manager | Billy Lamont | ||
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Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | ||
Scottish League Division 1 | 9th | ||
Scottish Cup | Third Round | ||
Scottish League Cup | Second Round | ||
B&Q Cup | First Round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: John McQuade (15) All: John McQuade (15) | ||
Highest home attendance | 2,346 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 550 | ||
Average home league attendance | 1,142 | ||
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Season 1992–93 was the 116th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 86th time, the Scottish Cup for the 98th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 46th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the third time.
Overview
Following the success of the previous season, Dumbarton went into the new league campaign with some confidence, particularly as the squad of players at the start remained virtually unchanged. Within the first few months however the club were to lose the services of their top scorer (Jimmy Gilmour) and their captain (Jim Dempsey). Nevertheless by the end of October Dumbarton were up with the leaders but thereafter the results were to become more mixed and Dumbarton fell down the table, although were never in any real danger of relegation, and finished in 9th place
In the national cup competitions, it was a case of yet another season of early exits - but not only that, there were to be no goals either. In the Scottish Cup it would be Premier Division Dundee who would end Dumbarton's ambitions in the third round.
In the League Cup, Rangers - the eventual winners of the cup - were the opponents and saw off Dumbarton easily in the second round. Note that in an effort to draw a bigger crowd, Dumbarton decided to play the 'home' tie at Hampden.
Finally, it was a first round exit in the B&Q Cup - however the defeat to Hamilton would prove to be the first of that club's run to winning the cup itself.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup it would be Premier Division Falkirk who would end Dumbarton's interest in the semi final.
Results
Win |
Draw |
Loss |
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Scottish League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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1 August 1992 | Stirling Albion | H | 4-3 | Nelson;Gilmour;McQuade(2) | 903 |
4 August 1992 | Kilmarnock | H | 1-3 | McQuade | 2,109 |
8 August 1992 | St Mirren | A | 0-4 | 2,363 | |
15 August 1992 | Morton | H | 0-1 | 1,257 | |
22 August 1992 | Clydebank | A | 1-0 | McQuade | 990 |
29 August 1992 | Raith Rovers | H | 1-2 | Gibson | 1,105 |
5 September 1992 | Cowdenbeath | A | 1-0 | Gibson | 418 |
12 September 1992 | Hamilton | A | 2-3 | Boyd;Gibson | 1,283 |
19 September 1992 | Ayr United | H | 0-3 | 882 | |
26 September 1992 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2-3 | Docherty;Mooney | 2,832 |
3 October 1992 | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 3-2 | McQuade;McAneney;Foster | 550 |
10 October 1992 | Stirling Albion | A | 2-1 | Mooney;Gibson | 475 |
17 October 1992 | St Mirren | H | 4-2 | Gibson;McAneney(2);McQuade | 2,022 |
24 October 1992 | Cowdenbeath | H | 1-0 | McQuade | 716 |
31 October 1992 | Raith Rovers | A | 1-4 | Martin | 1,990 |
7 November 1992 | Morton | A | 2-1 | McQuade;Mooney | 1,867 |
14 November 1992 | Clydebank | H | 3-1 | Mooney;Martin;McQuade | 1,382 |
21 November 1992 | Ayr United | A | 3-5 | Gibson;Mooney(2) | 1,317 |
28 November 1992 | Hamilton | H | 2-2 | Mooney;McQuade | 843 |
1 December 1992 | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 0-1 | 624 | |
5 December 1992 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0-1 | 1,154 | |
12 December 1992 | Stirling Albion | H | 0-3 | 716 | |
19 December 1992 | Kilmarnock | H | 0-1 | 3,591 | |
26 December 1992 | Morton | H | 3-1 | Meechan;McQuade;Boyd | 1,456 |
2 January 1993 | Clydebank | A | 1-3 | Boyd | 1,368 |
27 January 1993 | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 3-3 | Boag;Mooney;Gow | 244 |
30 January 1993 | St Mirren | A | 1-2 | Gibson | 2,453 |
6 February 1993 | Raith Rovers | H | 1-2 | Mooney | 1,201 |
13 February 1993 | Kilmarnock | H | 1-0 | Mooney | 2,346 |
20 February 1993 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2-2 | Foster;McAneney | 2,542 |
23 February 1993 | Cowdenbeath | A | 2-0 | McAneney;McQuade | 222 |
27 February 1993 | Ayr United | H | 2-0 | Boyd;Mooney | 988 |
6 March 1993 | Hamilton | A | 1-1 | McQuade | 1,261 |
9 March 1993 | Stirling Albion | A | 0-1 | 418 | |
13 March 1993 | St Mirren | H | 2-1 | Boyd;McQuade | 1,558 |
20 March 1993 | Clydebank | H | 0-2 | 1,035 | |
27 March 1993 | Morton | A | 1-2 | McAneney | 953 |
3 April 1993 | Cowdenbeath | H | 0-0 | 552 | |
10 April 1993 | Raith Rovers | A | 0-2 | 4,893 | |
17 April 1993 | Hamilton | H | 2-0 | McQuade;Meechan | 660 |
24 April 1993 | Ayr United | A | 0-0 | 1,525 | |
1 May 1992 | Kilmarnock | H | 0-1 | 3,793 | |
8 May 1993 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0-0 | 1,078 | |
15 May 1993 | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 1-2 | Mooney | 234 |
Scottish Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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10 January 1993 | 3 | Dundee | A | 0-2 | 4,290 |
Scottish League Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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11 August 1992 | 2 | Rangers | H | 0-5 | 11,090 |
B&Q Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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29 September 1992 | 1 | Hamilton | H | 0-3 | 634 |
Stirlingshire Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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25 July 1992 | 1 | Clydebank | H | 3-1 | unknown | |
3 May 1993 | SF | Falkirk | A | 2-4 | unknown |
Appearances
Dumbarton used 27 players for the 47 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and B&Q Cup matches, as detailed below. For the second season running, Martin Melvin was best by appearing in all but one of these matches.[1]
Player | Position | Appearances[2] | Goals |
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John Boag | MF | 7(1) | 1 |
John Boyd | DF | 37(2) | 5 |
Jim Cowell | MF | 1(8) | |
Jim Dempsey | MF | 3 | |
Robert Docherty | MF | 27(6) | 1 |
Alan Foster | DF | 16(5) | 2 |
Willie Furphy | MF | 1 | |
Charlie Gibson | FW | 38(6) | 7 |
Jimmy Gilmour | FW | 5 | 1 |
Stevie Gow | DF | 40 | 1 |
Ian MacFarlane | GK | 43 | |
Jim Marsland | MF | 40(1) | |
Paul Martin | MF | 43 | 2 |
Mike McAnenay | FW | 28(11) | 6 |
Bobby McConville | MF | 18(7) | |
D McDonald | MF | 4 | |
Martin McGarvey | MF | 1(3) | |
John McQuade | FW | 41(2) | 15 |
Jim Meechan | MF | 28(9) | 2 |
Martin Melvin | DF | 45 | |
Mike Monaghan | GK | 4 | |
Martin Mooney | FW | 28(7) | 12 |
Mark Nelson | MF | 12(9) | 1 |
Tony Speirs | MF | 1 | |
Andy Willock | FW | 1(9) | |
Fraser Wishart | DF | 2 | |
John Young | MF | 3 |
Reserve Team
Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 8 wins and 5 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.
In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Hamilton in the first round.